sean.beaverson - Going Global! Using Google Maps to Create a Global Classroom

Going Global! Using Google Maps to Create a Global Classroom

Anticpatory Sets: Get 'em Hooked

Challenge

These are some great anticipatory set type of games that can be used to increase awareness of where we are, where we hope to be and what the world looks like.

Two Classroom Examples

My Maps - State Park Project

Beautiful and Amazing Content

Archaeological Sites

Mexico

Cambodia

Underwater Street View

Sea turtle swimming among a school of fish

Follow a manta ray

Experience the reef at sunset

Ancient boulder coral at Apo Island

Oahu’s Hanauma Bay

Maui's Molokini crater

Explore Time in Streetview

Freedom Tower in New York City

2014 World Cup Stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil.

Devastation and Reconstruction in Onagawa, Japan & Fukashima

Italian roadways in both summer and winter

MyMaps Activity

Build Our Own Adventures

Getting Started? - Play Independent

1. Create a new map

2. Title the Map

3. Drop a Pin Two Ways

Search and find a favorite place
Select the Pin tool and drop it
Remove the Google Content
Add your own content
Change the style of pin

4. Try the Line Tool (create your own Mercator puzzle piece)

5. Add a layer and repeat!

Already Tinkered Some? Collaborate

Join this map here
Claim a Layer - Doesn't exist? Make one...
- This is where it will get messy...(it's OK)
- Add a layer and title it with your name
- Consider adding a description
- Be prepared to add a variety of content (categories matter)
Add a pin relevant to your life
Add original content (great if you're using Google Photos!)
Add a video
Update the pin style to match